Adjustable riser for spring bed-bottoms.



H. A. BACON.

ADJUSTABLE RISER FOR SPRING BED BOTTOMS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2a, 1909.

924,21 7. V Patented June 8, 1909.

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ADJUSTABLE RISER FOR SPRING BED BOTTOMS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1909.

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ADJUSTABLE FQR SPRING BED-BOITGMS.

No. eeeerr.

Application filed January 28, 1909.

a from having that low, squatty appearance, so

objectionable and yet so common, in all Where the ordinary low iron andbrass bedsteads are supplied with woven or llational spring bed bottomsof ordinary construction.

- In other words, I propose to give a bed the elegant appearance ofbeing provided with box springs.

Another object is to provide a device of the character just mentioned,which. shall be adjustable, whereby to raise or lower the bed bottom toany height desired, relatively the bed with which it may be used.

A still further object is to provide a device for use with a springbedbottom, wl eroby the full width of a mattress used therewith will beyielding and therefore available for use; the arrangement being suchthat when ward, the portion of the springs supportii said sides can movedownward as far as may be required without coming in contact with eitherthe side rails of the bed or the side rails of the spring-bed-bottoin.

Other objects will appear in the subjoined description.

The invention consists in corta'a novel constructions and combinationsof parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The preferred form of my invention consists of a bed-bottom support orriser preferably secured to the bed-bottom and vertically adjustablethereon, and adapted to be used With beds of different widths.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurev 1 is a perspectivev view of a bedprovided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side or edge elevation of mydevice attached to the tubular iron side rail of a spring bed bottom.Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in elevationillustrating the adapta- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Sci-131 510. 474,812.

bility of my device for permitting the side rails of a spring bed bottomto be located well in from the ends of the end rails; and also she vsits adaptability for use with beds of greatly varying widths. Fig. is anelevation showing my device in a modified form, and in differentpositions on the tubular rail of a spring bed bottom. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of one form of my improved riser. Fig. 7 is aperspective view of an adjusting block that may be used with my devicewhen the same is attached to the side rails of an-iron bed bottom. Fig.8 is a modified form of my adjustable riser provided with means forengaging the rail of a spring bed bottom, without the adjusting blockillustrated. in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a erspective view of a spring bedbottom having a wooden frame of desirable construction which, whensupplied. with my improvement, is specially adapted for use on an ironbedstead. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective of a spring bed bottomhaving a wooden frame of ordinary construction. Fig. 11 is a fragmentaryend elevation of Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a fragmentary end elevation of Fig.10. Fig. 13 shows an ordinary wooden spring bottom frame (such as isillustrated in Figs. 10 and 12) )rovided with my improved riser. Fig.let i ustrates three of the four positions in which my im proved risermay be attached to the rail of a spring bed bottom, the dotted linesshowing it in two positions. Fig. 15 is a perspective of the form mydevice usually employed with wooden bed bottom frames; and Fig. 16 showsmy device attached to the bed. rail (in.- stead of the spring rail), andadjustable thereon, to give the bed bottom any desired degree ofelevation.

A, is metallic bed-stead of ordinary construction, having an iron-framedspring bedbottoni provided with my improvement.

The numeral 1 indicates the vertical or body section of my improvedriser; 2, the horizontal or foot section; and 3, the bottom or heelsection. In Fig. 6 the device is shown provided with a second foot 2extending in the opposite direction to the foot 2. The vertical section1 is provided with the longitudinal slot 1, and preferably with thetransverse corrugations 1 on one or both of its sides. Both thehorizontal sections, 2, and 2", may be formed either integral with thebody section 1, or may be formed of a separate piece adjustably securedthereto,

and when either one of them is formed in this latter manner, it isprovided at its inner end with a rib 2 adapted to fit the corrugations 1and a short right-angled section 3 which may extend either upwardly ordownwardly as the needs of each case may require or as fancy maydictate, and which when it extends downwardly forms a part of the heel 3of the device, as in Fig. 5. This upwardly or downwardly extendingportion 3 is provided with an opening 3 (shown in dotted lines in Fig.5) adapted to register with the longitudinal slot 1 of the verticalsection of the riser, and is secured to said section by the bolt 4, theslot 1 in this form of the device being longer than in the formillustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 6.

In attaching my improved riser to the tubular rail of a spring bedbottom, I interpose the adjusting block 5 between the riser and therail. One side of this adjusting block is coneaved as at 5, to fit thecurvature of the rail, and the other side is provided with ribs 5adapted to fit the corrugations 1 of the riser; while at its center ithas the opening 5 adapted to register with the slot 1 of the riser.Through this opening 5 and the slot 1 in the riser and a horizontalopening A in the spring-rail A passes the bolt 6 which looks these threeparts in rigid engagement with each other. The concavity of theadjusting block prevents it from rotating on the tubular rail A and theribs 5 being locked in engagement with the corrugations 1 of the riserprevent the riser from rotating on the bolt 6. The principle of theadjusting block 5 is that one side of it shall fit the riser to preventthe rotation of these two parts relatively to each other, and that theother side shall be formed to fit that part of the bed or bed bottom towhich the device is to be attached, whatever the shape of that part maybe. The adjusting block 5 is not needed with my riser when it isattached to a wooden rail, since the corrugations sink into the wood andsecurely hold the riser in position thereon.

The foot sections of my device usually rest upon the bed rails A tosupport the mattress in elevated position upon the bed, while the heelportions 3 prevent the bed bottom from having unnecessary lateralmovement relatively to the bed.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, the opening 3 and the rib 2 are spaced aparta distance equal to the distance from one corrugation to the next;whereby the securing nut 4 will always be brought into engagement withone of the flat faces 1 which alternate with the corrugations 1 of theriser. The corrugations 1 as they appear on opposite sides of the riserin Figs. 4 and 5, are zigzagged to give the deepest possiblecorrugations with the least possible weakening of the metal.

The iron spring-bed-bott0m frame illustrated in whole and in part inFigs. l to 5 of the drawings in connection with my imp rovement, is ofordinary construction, and consists of the ordinary parts, and thereforeneed not be further described here.

Fig. 4 shows the vertical section 1. of my device provided with twoadjustable feet, 2" and 2, the former extending outwardly and the latterinwardly. The foot 2 is longer than the other, since it is underneaththe bed bottom out of the way, and may therefore extend inwardly as faras may be desired. This foot is provided with a longitudinal slot 2(shown in dotted lines), and in this slot is a bolt 2 provided withadjusting nuts .2, and having its lower end. a bent at an angle, orcurved upwardly, as illustrated in dotted lines, if preferred. This boltis adjustable back and forth in the slot 2 to adapt a bed bottom, incases of emergency, to be used with a bed much narrower than the bedbottom itself and when the bent section a is turned underneath the bedrail as shown, the bed bottom cannot tilt even though it should projectfar over the sides of the bed. The foot 2 only projects outapproximately flush with, the side of the bed bottom, and therefore neednot be removed if the bed bottom be placed on a much narrower bed withthe inwardly extending foot 2 in engagement with its side rail. Specialattention is called to the fact that if the foot 2 be turned outwardlyor the foot 2 lengthened, the side rails A of the bed bottom may bemoved inwardly so far toward each other, that the end rails to whichthey are secured will be so strongly braced by them that they cannot bestrained and bent at their centers by the tension of the springs.

Fig. 6 shows the form of my device illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 inperspective, with the foot 2 added. The slot 1 in this form of thedevice does not extend downwardly as far as in the form illustrated inFigs. 5 and 8.

Fig. '7 is a perspective of the adjusting block 5, showing the ribs andthe central opening of the block.

Fig. 8 shows the vertical section of my riser provided with a broadcorrugation 1 adapted to fit the side rail A" of the bed bottom to holdthe riser against rotation thereon without the adjusting block 5.

Fig. 9 shows a simple and desirable form of wooden frame for spring bedbottoms a form however, only adapted, at present, for use with woodenbeds, but which, when supplied with my in'iprovement, is equally welladapted to iron beds.

Fig. 10 illustrates an ordinary spring bedbottom B in operative relationto the bed rail A. It will be noticed in this form of bed bottom thatthe side rails B are necessarily set in some distance from the ends ofthe end rails B of the frame, so that the outer ends lill) of the railsB may rest upon the side rails A of the bed. This brings the bed bottomjust slightly above the bed rails, and makes a low squatty-looking bed.iicloreover, the outer strands of the spring are just above the top ofthe bed rail, and the strands next to them are just above the side railB of the bed bottom, so that the outer edge of the spring bottom (andmattress resting thereupon) can only spring down very slightly till itcomes in contact with these rails, and is therefore for all practicalpurposes not resilient at all. Furthermore, when any one lies upon thispractically solid or unyielding portion of the mattress, or sits uponthe side of the bed, the side strands of the springs are brought intosuch forcible engagement with the side rail of the spring frame and.with the bed rail that they are elongated and as a result sag, which formanifest reasons is very objectionable. Note the freedom from all theseundesirable features in my 'nproved construction and arrangementillustrated in Fig. 9.

Figs. 11 and 13, as compared with l ig. 12, show how bed bottom iselevated above the bed rails by the use of my device; and then (in Fig.9) the side rails "C of frame C are at the ends of the end rails C sothat when a person lies or sits upon the side of the bed, the naturaltendency of the springs to move in slightly when they are sprung down atthe edge of the bed, will cause them to miss the side rails C and thespri gs so far above the bed rails that they can never be sprung downinto engagement with them. i

The modified form of riser '7 which i employ with wooden frames isprovided preferably with two longitudinal slots 2; and the corrugations7 which are intended for engagen'ient with v-rooden rails, are madesharper. In this form of the device the foot and heel portions of thedevice are identical with those in the other forms and may be adapted tobe adjusted in the same way as the form illustratet'i in Figs. 4', 5,and S. Fig. 14 shows this modified form of riser pro vided withcorrugations on both its sides, and also shows, as does Figs. i and 5,how my riser may be employed to adapt the same spring bed bottom for useon narrower or wider beds. By referring to these figures it is manifestthat if the riser be placed on th inside of the frame (as shown in Figs.5 and 14 in dotted lines and in Fig. l in full lines) with the footturned inward to the left, that a wide spring bed bottom and mattressmay be used on a much narrower bed than the bed bottom and mattress inquestion would ordinarily require. It is further apparent that with myriser attached as shown in full lines in Figs. l, 5, and 14, a narrowbed bottom and mattress may be used on a bedstead wider than thebedbottom.

Fig. 15 is a perspective View of one form of the riser used with woodenbed-bottom frames; but one of the slots may be omitted f desired.

Fig. 16 shows how my riser may be adj ustably attached to the bed rail,in inverted position, with the foot portion directly supporting thebed-bottom frame.

Having thus fully set forth the principles embraced in my invention, andhaving shown means practically emljiodying the same what .i claim as newand desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a bedand a coope 'ating ed bottom of devices interposed betwee: t, parts forsupporting the bed ottoni on the bed, said devices being adaptc tosecured to one of said cooperating parts 11 driierent vertical positionsthereon,

to raise or lower the bed bottom bodily.

2. The combination with a bed and a bed bottom, of devices cooperatingwith said parts to support the bed bottom on the bed, each of saiddevices having a main member adapt-ed for vertical adjustment relativelyto one of said cooperating parts and a lateral member adjustablerelatively to the main member.

3. i. he combination with a bed bottom, of devices for supporting thesame in an elevated. position on a bed, and means for securing saiddevices to the bed bottom in different vertical positions thereon toraise or lower the bed bottom bodily.

l. The combination with a bed and a bed bottom, of risers cooperatingwith said parts to support the bed bottom on the bed, each of saidrisers having a main member provided with a vertical slot to adapt thesame for vertical adjustment upon one of said cooperating parts, and alateral member for engaging the other of said parts. I

5. The combination with a bed-bottom, of a riser having a verticalmember for engaging the bed-bottom; and a lateral member for engagingand resting upon a bed rail; and scans for adjusting said verticalmember of the riser on the bed-bottom.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a vertical sectionadapted to be secured to a bed-bottom, and a lateral section forengaging and resting upon a bed; and a section extending below saidlateral extension, to prevent lateral movement of the bed-bottom on thebed.

7. A device of the character described, having a body section adapted tobe secured to a bed bottom; a foot section adapted to engage a bed railto support the bed bottom thereupon; and an adjustable stop in said footsection to prevent the lateral movement of the bed bottom upon the bed,said stop being adapted to be brought into interlocking engagement withthe bed rail.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a vertical sectionadapted to be secured to a bed-bottom, and a lateral section forengaging and resting upon a bed; a section extending below said lateralsection, to prevent lateral movement of the bedbottom on the bed; andmeans for adjusting said device to raise or lower the bed-bottomrelatively to the bed.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a vertical sectionprovided with a slot for adjustable engagement with the.

bed bottom; and a lateral section, for engaging the bed.

10. A device of the character described, comprising a vertical sectionprovided with a longitudinal slot and transverse corrugations foradjustable and rigid engagement with the bed bottom; and a lateralsection, for engaging the bed. 1

11. A device of the character described, comprising a vertical sectionprovided with a longitudinal slot and transverse corrugations foradjustable and rigid engagement with the bed bottom; a lateral sectionfor engaging the bed; and a heel section projecting below the lateralsection, to prevent lateral movement of the bed bottom upon the bed.

12. In devices of the character described, a riser having a portionadapted to engage the rails of a bed; and a portion provided withtransverse corrugations; and an adjusting block adapted to be interposedbetween the riser and a bed-bottom, said adjusting block having on oneof its sides ribs adapted to cooperate with the corrugations of theriser, and on its other side being shaped to fit the portion of thebed-bottom to which it is to be attached.

13. In devices of the character described, a riser having a verticalsection provided with a longitudinal slot and transverse corrugations; afoot section at approximately right angles to the vertical section; andan adjusting block having an aperture adapted to register with the slotin the vertical section of the riser, and provided on one of its sideswith ribs adapted to cooperate with the corrugations in the riser, andconcaved on its other side, said foot section being adjustable on thevertical section.

14. In devices of the character described,

a riser having a vertical section provided with a longitudinal slot andsimilar transthe slot in the vertical section of the riser,

and provided on one of its sides with ribs adapted to fit and cooperatewith the corrugations of the riser, and concaved on its other side tofit the curved rail of a bed-bottom; and a heel section projecting belowthe foot section of the riser.

15. In devices of the character described, a riser having a verticalsection provided with a longitudinal slot and similar transversecorrugations on both its sides, the corrugations on opposite sides beingzigzagged relatively to each other an adjustable foot section, on thelower end of the vertical section of the riser, provided with a rib tofit the corrugations on said vertical section; an adjusting block on theupper end of the riser having an aperture adapted to register with theslot in said section and provided on one of its sides with ribs adaptedto fit into said corrugations of the riser, and concaved on its oppositeside to fit the curved rail of a bedbottom and a heel section at thebase of the foot section of the riser, said heel section having an aerture adapted to register with the slot in t 1e vertical section, saidaperture of the heel section being spaced from the rib of the footsection a distance equal to the space between the corrugations of thevertical section.

16. A device of the character described, having a body section adaptedto be secured to a bed-bottom; a foot section adapted to engage a bedrail to support the bed bottom thereupon; and an adjustable stop in saidfoot section to prevent the lateral movement of the bed-bottom u 3011the bed.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY A. BACON.

Witnesses:

HOWARD MORAN, EDWARD E. SWAN.

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